Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A super PAC bankrolled by top crypto companies notched several wins Tuesday night in congressional primaries, the latest in a series of victories by the newest big player in American election financing. Fairshake PAC, which supports candidates across the political spectrum whose positions align with the … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Josh Duggar, a former reality television star convicted of downloading child sexual abuse images. Duggar was on the TLC show “19 Kids and Counting” with his large family before his 2021 conviction. The court did not elaborate on the denial, as is typical. … Read more
An exterior view of the Supreme Court on June 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images In a closely watched case, the Supreme Court on Thursday denied a challenge to a federal tax on certain foreign investments — but left questions about whether a wealth tax is constitutional. The case, Moore v. … Read more
WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — A group of families of 9/11 victims released a video overnight, claiming it’s new evidence that Saudi government officials were involved in planning the attacks on U.S. soil. Investigators for 9/11 Families United claim the video shows a Saudi intelligence official casing the U.S. Capitol around the same time al-Qaida was deciding … Read more
Hercules Investments CEO and CIO James McDonald. CNBC A former investment company CEO who previously appeared as a paid contributor to CNBC was arrested on fraud charges after more than two years as a fugitive from a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, federal prosecutors said. The defendant, James Arthur McDonald Jr., is accused of misrepresenting … Read more
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) addresses a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 6, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are scrambling to address the boom in deepfake AI pornographic images, which have targeted everyone from celebrities to high school students. Now, a new bill will seek to … Read more
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump failed to impress everyone in a room full of top CEOs Thursday at the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting, multiple attendees told CNBC. “Trump doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” said one CEO who was in the room, according to a person who heard the executive speaking. The CEO also said Trump did not … Read more
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Police arrested multiple protesters with the Climate Defiance for rushing onto the field at the Congressional Baseball Game on Tuesday night. U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) said officers arrested eight people who tried to protest on the baseball field during the game. Those eight protesters were federally charged with interference with … Read more
The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard tried Tuesday to assure skeptical and frustrated U.S. senators that she is not attempting to cover up the branch’s failure to adequately handle cases of sexual assault and harassment at the service academy in Connecticut. Admiral Linda L. Fagan said she is committed to “transparency and accountability” within … Read more
In the traumatic aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, as hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists rushed to join the ranks to fight Hamas, Benny Gantz said he felt it was his duty to join the war effort. “This is not a political partnership I am in,” the centrist former general told a … Read more
